The Sausage Factory - Latest Commentshttp://sausagefactory.disqus.com/enTue, 21 Jul 2015 22:43:13 -0000Re: MTA board calls for sales tax extensionhttp://blogs.dailynews.com/politics/2012/06/29/mta-board-calls-for-sales-tax/#comment-2150220763<p>Great Article. Thanks for the info. Does anyone know where I can find a blank Tax Extension Form to fill out?</p>Ray VasriTue, 21 Jul 2015 22:43:13 -0000Re: Los Angeles Business Council concerned about new minimum wage planhttp://blogs.dailynews.com/politics/2015/06/02/los-angeles-business-council-concerned-minimum-wage-plan/#comment-2137233536<p>is there a provision for deleting time for 'employees' who spend work time on cellphones &amp; internet?</p>Dee LittleWed, 15 Jul 2015 01:21:53 -0000Re: Los Angeles Business Council concerned about new minimum wage planhttp://blogs.dailynews.com/politics/2015/06/02/los-angeles-business-council-concerned-minimum-wage-plan/#comment-2108154507<p>Now is a great time to consider moving your business out of Los Angeles.</p>California ArchitectTue, 30 Jun 2015 04:45:54 -0000Re: Los Angeles Business Council concerned about new minimum wage planhttp://blogs.dailynews.com/politics/2015/06/02/los-angeles-business-council-concerned-minimum-wage-plan/#comment-2077633118<p>this law should go into effect at once for every los angeles worker! also publish a list of all jobs that are exempt.</p>thumper79Sat, 13 Jun 2015 16:08:00 -0000Re: Los Angeles Mayor Garcetti weighs in on union proposalhttp://blogs.dailynews.com/politics/2015/05/27/los-angeles-mayor-garcetti-weighs-union-proposal/#comment-2058178506<p>Both Wesson and Garcetti should be thoroughly ashamed of their total evasion of the questions! Talk about non-answers! Politics at its best (or worst)!</p><p>And Wesson... Well, he is just an incredible piece of work in general! What a worthless buffoon!</p>TomTue, 02 Jun 2015 11:34:40 -0000Re: Los Angeles Mayor Garcetti weighs in on union proposalhttp://blogs.dailynews.com/politics/2015/05/27/los-angeles-mayor-garcetti-weighs-union-proposal/#comment-2049507418<p>Next time, call Wesson, "ma'am"-those leftist California politicians just love that.</p><p> "I think, the council, the ordinance that they put forward, and <b>that I hope that comes to my desk, doesn’t have that in it right now."</b></p><p>Yes, please play that tape.</p><p>As an aside, I read another unintelligible quote, just yesterday, from Mayor Mattress Boy.</p><p> Interviewed after the premier of San Andreas, Garcetti said, "I hope this movie can be a gut check and a visceral reminder to people of the danger from quakes, but then that people will also do a head check about how they can really be prepared…to react by looking at some good research and using their heads about the dangers we really face.”</p><p>Garcetti's tips for surviving the Big One:</p><p>1) View the Australian filmed, San Andreas. (critics say the most stunning special effect was digitally placing 2 million Mexicans and 16,000 taco trucks onto the streets of Brisbane)</p><p>2) Check your gut.</p><p>3) "Do" a head check, too.</p><p>4) "Look at some good research", unless you're one of the 50% who dropped out of LAUSD. But for the illiterate, skip to #5.</p><p>5) Use your head. (presuming tip #3 verified that you actually have a head.)</p><p>Good luck, Los Angeles. With this type of *leadership*, you'll need all the luck you can find.</p>Colt ConnorThu, 28 May 2015 08:35:29 -0000Re: Garcetti &#8220;leaning towards&#8221; changing election dateshttp://blogs.dailynews.com/politics/2015/03/02/garcetti-leaning-towards-changing-election-dates/#comment-1976739167<p>Politicians don't want to have elections to coincide with all the others. They are counting on low turn outs to get elected.</p>MoSun, 19 Apr 2015 23:18:51 -0000Re: Mayor Garcetti&#8217;s top education deputy leaves City Hallhttp://blogs.dailynews.com/politics/2014/03/15/mayor-garcettis-top-education-deputy-leaves-city-hall/#comment-1933130157<p>Mayor Garcetti is having staff flee his office on a daily basis. The CEO of LAWA, Metro, two Deputy Mayors, and his head press executive. Seems like everyone who is smart is choosing to leave before his stock drops.</p>citisinlaSat, 28 Mar 2015 11:46:32 -0000Re: Garcetti &#8220;leaning towards&#8221; changing election dateshttp://blogs.dailynews.com/politics/2015/03/02/garcetti-leaning-towards-changing-election-dates/#comment-1933123833<p>Garcetti does not ever take a stance on anything controversial. You know that Dakota.</p>citisinlaSat, 28 Mar 2015 11:41:42 -0000Re: Garcetti &#8220;leaning towards&#8221; changing election dateshttp://blogs.dailynews.com/politics/2015/03/02/garcetti-leaning-towards-changing-election-dates/#comment-1883899395<p>This initiative is so misguided that one can only be stunned by the normally sensible, Daily News, endorsing the measure. (insanity from the LAT editorial board is par-the-course)</p><p>Holding local elections on the same date as national elections should have been a LAST RESORT toward the goal of increasing voter participation.</p><p>For starters, wouldn't the simple act of holding ALL local elections on the same day in the same year seem like a logical first step? For Los Angeles to hold a mayoral election in a different year all-together from half of its city council races is ridiculous to begin with.</p><p>If L.A. had a single, once every four years election cycle (i.e. mayor, city council, school board, controller, all in contention simultaneously) and if turnout were still lackluster, then I'd suggest the option of moving the local election day, to a date later in the year, than March.</p><p>Yes, “voter fatigue” is exasperated by holding a mayoral election a mere four months after hotly contested, high turnout, Presidential, Senate and Congressional races. But obviously, March isn't etched in stone because if these Chapters pass, the date will be moved all the way up to November. So, why not November, now?</p><p>And if Garcetti is concerned about voter apathy, he need only look in the mirror. Garcetti defines the opaque, self-aggrandizing, modern American politician who 's reduced political discourse to the lowest common denominator. Compared to Garcetti, erudite, idea oriented, Rahm Emanuel, is Thomas Jefferson.</p><p>P.S. Keeping the Sausage Factory open for business is a really neat way of keeping Rick Orlov's memory alive.</p>GuestMon, 02 Mar 2015 14:52:27 -0000Re: DWP customers sue over billinghttp://blogs.dailynews.com/politics/2015/01/23/dwp-customers-sue-billing/#comment-1879186141<p>felis stella to join class action lawsuit please call Jay(310) 601-8933. he will ask you to text him your info and he will forward It to his lawyer. hope this helps. I called him and texted my info to him. GOOD LUCK</p>Jacquie King-middletonFri, 27 Feb 2015 14:42:37 -0000Re: DWP customers sue over billinghttp://blogs.dailynews.com/politics/2015/01/23/dwp-customers-sue-billing/#comment-1861152846<p>The DWP's problems just another to add to the broken city of Los Angeles. That city is pathetic.</p>Zuma7Tue, 17 Feb 2015 22:42:02 -0000Re: DWP customers sue over billinghttp://blogs.dailynews.com/politics/2015/01/23/dwp-customers-sue-billing/#comment-1831597272<p>Rest in peace, Rick.</p>PetraMon, 02 Feb 2015 20:04:53 -0000Re: DWP customers sue over billinghttp://blogs.dailynews.com/politics/2015/01/23/dwp-customers-sue-billing/#comment-1823555555<p>Rick, do you have more information on these class action suits against DWP? My parents are victims of gross overcharging. They were also threatened by DWP with all utility shutoff if my parents don't pay the outrageous bill of over $52,000!!!!!!! My parents want to join the suit. Please help with any additional infornation. Many thanks, Felis Stella</p>Felis StellaThu, 29 Jan 2015 10:05:36 -0000Re: Huizar tests support among womanhttp://blogs.dailynews.com/politics/2014/05/25/huizar-tests-support-woman/#comment-1822802111<p>Let's not forget that he was also charged with a DUI while driving a city hall car. He is tight with the special interests like the developers. His loyalty is to his political career first not with the communities. He also hires people to whom he owes favors and don't know how to effectively provide services.</p>Me JaneWed, 28 Jan 2015 21:22:07 -0000Re: City officials release minimum wage study bidshttp://blogs.dailynews.com/politics/2015/01/20/city-officials-release-minimum-wage-study-bids/#comment-1811921553<p>Got more bad news for 'ya: most of the Council Members want it to go to $15. But Garcetti started this race to the bottom, pandering to voters that just don't get that this will cause businesses to go under, push businesses out of the city, raise prices, and lead to higher unemployment. Just tell them what they want to hear, a la Garcetti's best buddy and political mentor (Villaraigosa being G's main political mentor) Obama.</p>Yuval KremerThu, 22 Jan 2015 17:50:52 -0000Re: City officials release minimum wage study bidshttp://blogs.dailynews.com/politics/2015/01/20/city-officials-release-minimum-wage-study-bids/#comment-1811915038<p>Beacon (with famous principal Chris Thornburg) tells you the truth in plain English, which is why their lower bid got rejected. BTW, low bids getting rejected is quite a common occurrence at LA City Hall !</p>Yuval KremerThu, 22 Jan 2015 17:46:23 -0000Re: City officials release minimum wage study bidshttp://blogs.dailynews.com/politics/2015/01/20/city-officials-release-minimum-wage-study-bids/#comment-1810483361<p>more liberal insanity</p>scott913261Wed, 21 Jan 2015 23:18:49 -0000Re: City officials release minimum wage study bidshttp://blogs.dailynews.com/politics/2015/01/20/city-officials-release-minimum-wage-study-bids/#comment-1806829130<p>$13.25 for flipping hamburgers? Great!</p>Tony BonBon GarciaWed, 21 Jan 2015 12:00:48 -0000Re: Former Assemblyman Raul Bocanegra weighing next movehttp://blogs.dailynews.com/politics/2014/12/18/assemblyman-raul-bocanegra-weighing-move/#comment-1754804960<p>Go away forever and get a real job.</p>ChrisMon, 22 Dec 2014 12:26:56 -0000Re: Lopez hires election law attorneyhttp://blogs.dailynews.com/politics/2014/11/12/lopez-hires-election-law-attorney/#comment-1691286590<p>We need to write congress and separate dmv from parking tickets. Since the parking in la hasn't been a fair or righteously governed. Writing false tickets to tow cars that almost have enough tickets to tow and denying hearings to contest by avoiding the public and worst of all. Not fixing obvious errors at their payment windows. But tell you that you can contest it to get nothing but the run around. They have lost creditability and should no longer be apart of dmv !!! </p>Jack SinThu, 13 Nov 2014 10:09:37 -0000Re: New study requested on minimum wagehttp://blogs.dailynews.com/politics/2014/10/22/study-requested-minimum-wage/#comment-1649964862<p>Every meeting I've attended with the Mayor's representatives sent to touted a raise in minimum wage have received a very chilly reception. Time to rethink this one, fast.</p>Sean McCarthyThu, 23 Oct 2014 10:04:14 -0000Re: Proposition 1: Examining the costshttp://blogs.dailynews.com/politics/2014/10/19/proposition-1-examining-costs/#comment-1644159994<p>It's hard to put much faith in an article link that misspells both proposition AND California... "Propsoiition 1 is designed to help boost Calfiornia water supplies."</p>TomSun, 19 Oct 2014 22:58:59 -0000Re: Huizar harassment trial date moved to Marchhttp://blogs.dailynews.com/politics/2014/09/11/huizar-harassment-trial-date-moved-march/#comment-1586342377<p>Councilmember Huizar has become one bit of expense for taxpayers beyond paying for the $15,000/mo. salary. The settlement figure of $185,000 for the traffic collision of Oct. 25, 2012 is what the city paid out for this, and as self-insured, it's tax dollars. The Godoy sex harassment lawsuit has the city committed now for up to $200,000 for the defense atty. fees, with more fees and any ultimate settlement or judgment here likely to overshadow those amounts. If there is a settlement, we will not know what the ultimate "truth" is for the case. <br>That happened in the lawsuit regarding CM Englander and a staffer, claiming the charges were without merit, but a settlement paid to "save" more expenses of trial, still leaving that unsettled question of whether the claims of any or all the lawsuit WERE true. <br>Sometimes litigating to conclude the matter with a judgment may be worth the added expense to arrive at a factual determination of the charges. Doubtful the trial testimony would actually begin before the March election date. Should a settlement happen, the "non-disclosure agreements" usually inserted will make even those terms kept from the public. Where the public money is paid for such matters, Non-disclosure provisions should not apply since it's the public's tax dollars paying out on this and not any private money source. <br>Meanwhile, there's the election to another term, made available by city council created "Term Limits" ballot proposition that did not further limit anything, but instead, actually added the 3rd full term to the existing 2-term-limit. But that's city council looking out for themselves, something that's not new.</p>Robert GuevaraFri, 12 Sep 2014 15:31:24 -0000Re: Huizar harassment trial date moved to Marchhttp://blogs.dailynews.com/politics/2014/09/11/huizar-harassment-trial-date-moved-march/#comment-1586206660<p>"SEX SCANDAL"... PEOPLE IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 14 NEED TO KNOW. THE MORE PEOPLE READ THIS, THE BETTER. AN INJUSTICE IS TAKING PLACE. Anyone with a sister or mother should read this. Yes...everyone. I have no political agenda...just stating the truth. Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar is not telling the truth. He is trying to say his relationship with Francine Godoy was consensual to continue his career,as many politicians have done before him. He's saying it's consensual to explain the countless harassing phone calls he made to her. If the truth came out, which is that he used his position to harass and torment this poor girl, his life/marriage would be over.The fact is, Francine Godoy was a victim and is now being portrayed as a home wrecker because huizar "admitted to an affair" which just isn't true. Yes, she was strong willed at times or came off as being abrasive, but still she was innocent.</p><p>People are stuck on her salary...in the public sector, if a guy over 7 years worked his way up the corporate ladder, it wouldn't be a big deal. When she was first brought on, she was hired well below her skill set. Once that was noticed, she was given more responsibility and pay to retain her. All this girl did was work hard and kept her honor the whole time. Anonymous posters on blogs who made up rumors years ago were just jealous of her and in competition.</p><p>Don't be fooled ...Jose is a scum bag. FYI Huizar's poor wife (who is also a victim) knows the truth but is remaining silent because she needs him to work to support her and their kids.</p><p>The way the system is set up, Francine will more than likely settle because she cannot win regardless of facts and the truth. Sad...</p><p>Sincerely, <br>someone who knows </p>T gunFri, 12 Sep 2014 14:00:42 -0000